Welcome to the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Blog Hop!
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And be sure to hop on over to Anna-Karin's blog next!
For my project, I have to say that I am loving the Simon Says Stamp Extra Large Dots Stencil, which I used to create this notebook cover.
I tried a new technique for this project and that was to stamp over a stencil. It was a lot of fun and worked better than I thought it would. Here's what I did:
I started out with a large stamp, a piece of paper, the polka dot stencil and some ink.
I laid the stencil over my paper, inked up my stamp, then stamped right on top of the stencil.
When I lifted off my stencil, the stamped pattern was in a polka dot shape! Cool!
Without cleaning my stencil, I moved it over and repeated this process until my paper was filled with the polka dot pattern I'd created.
As you can see, after stamping on top of my stencil a few times, ink had accumulated there. Instead of washing it off, I put the stencil on top of a manilla tag and grabbed a baby wipe I'd used earlier.
Using the baby wipe, I swiped the ink diagonally across the stencil so that it colored in the holes. It created a beautiful polka dot pattern on my tag that I could use for another project on another day. I'd cleaned my stencil and made a second background pattern at the same time. Multitasking bonus!
Back to my first stamped paper! I cut it down to size, then smeared some green ink onto some of the polka dots for more visual variety. I then dribbled watercolors down from some of the dots.
Next I added on some fabric scraps and paper butterflies, which I cut out of a piece of patterned paper.
I inked up the fabric scraps and finished it off with a "Fearless" sentiment from the stamp I used earlier. I also added a safety pin and another fabric scrap.
I attached this collage to the front cover of my notebook, which was put together with the Cinch machine. I added tabs, which I made using a tab punch, and embellished it with a few bits of lace.
I hope you enjoyed my project and I can't wait to see what my fellow Design Team members came up with! And I especially like how big the circles are in the Simon Says Stamp Extra Large Dots Stencil. It's just perfect for stamping through!
Here are the materials I used that are available from Simon Says Stamp:
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